Chestnut-necklaced partridge

Chestnut-necklaced partridge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Arborophila
Species: A. charltonii
Binomial name
Arborophila charltonii
(Eyton, 1845)

The chestnut-necklaced partridge (Arborophila charltonii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It is closely related to the Vietnam partridge and scaly-breasted partridge, and their taxonomy is not entirely settled.

The chestnut-necklaced partridge is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Arborophila charltonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. BirdLife International (2006). Arborophila charltonii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 July 2007. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened


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